Word: clerkes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Shocked. In truth, as practiced by Indian members of Ananda Marga, the path to bliss does seem to lead through byways usually avoided by otherworldly Indian religious sects. Sarkar, 52, a Bengali who is called Anandamurti (Bliss Personified) by his followers, was variously a newspaperman and railway clerk before he began raising disciples in 1955. Shocked by graft and corruption then, he now preaches self-liberation, not only through yoga but also through sweeping social reforms. Among them: absolute morality in government, and a guaranteed standard of living...
There was a rising clamor within the Justice Department itself for Petersen, at least, to remove himself from the case, as Attorney General Richard Kleindienst had done. A Democrat and former FBI clerk, Petersen shifted to the Justice Department in 1951 and rose steadily, especially under the more recent direction of former Attorney General John Mitchell...
...central conflict of the play is a plebeian foray into patrician territory. Crystal Allen (Marie Wallace), a perfume clerk, seduces and steals the husband of Mary Haines (Kim Hunter). Since Mary is a pretty decent woman compared with her feline friends, audience sympathy gravitates to her. Crystal is a steely predator who wants her share of the spoils, but as an arriviste, she cannot keep her social footing. She is caught out in another liaison, and Mary gets her husband back. In effect, the lower orders have been chastised for their presumption...
Eleven law professors and one law clerk, from nine states wee awarded the first Harvard Fellowships in Law and Humanities this week. The fellows will spend the next academic year studying how to include concepts of the humanities into the teaching...
...past three years in Philadelphia, a judge has been sent to jail for nine months for check fraud, the chairman of the housing authority advisory board has been convicted of bribery and conspiracy, the stadium construction coordinator has been convicted of extortion, and the former chief court clerk has received a two-to ten-year prison sentence for robbery and fixing cases...